/*
 * SubstitutionModel.java
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2002-2006 Alexei Drummond and Andrew Rambaut
 *
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 */

package dr.evomodel.substmodel;

import dr.evolution.datatype.DataType;
import dr.inference.model.Model;

/**
 * <b>model of sequence substitution (rate matrix)</b>.
 * provides a convenient interface for the computation of transition probabilities
 *
 * @version $Id: SubstitutionModel.java,v 1.13 2005/05/24 20:25:58 rambaut Exp $
 *
 * @author Andrew Rambaut
 * @author Alexei Drummond
 */
public interface SubstitutionModel extends Model {

	/**
	 * Get the complete transition probability matrix for the given distance.
	 *
	 * @param matrix an array to store the matrix
	 */
	public void getTransitionProbabilities(double distance, double[] matrix);

	/**
	 * get the state frequencies
	 *
	 * @return the frequencies
	 */
	public FrequencyModel getFrequencyModel();

	/**
	 * @return the data type
	 */
	public DataType getDataType();
}
